Faculty Profile

Al Amin Rabby

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801717468444
  • Email: alaminrabby-soc@sust.edu

Biography

Al Amin Rabby is a professor of Sociology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. His scholarly pursuits centre on labour regime, labour process, International migration, and migrant labour, specifically emphasising Bangladeshi migrants residing in Italy and beyond.
His PhD thesis title is "Crafting the Steel: Labour Regime of the Bangladeshi Workers at Italian Fincantieri Shipyards" under the program of Social Sciences: Interactions, Communication, Cultural Constructions at the University of Padova, Italy. The title of Dottore di Ricerca (Ph.D) cum laude was awarded on 11/04/2024.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-5778

Education

  • 2020 – 2024 Ph.D in Sociology of Work, The University of Padua,Italy with a distinction (cum laude) was awarded on 11th April 2024.
  • 2013-2015 – Erasmus Mundus Joint International Master in International Migration and Social Cohesion (MISOCO). The University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands); The University of Deusto (Spain) and the University College Dublin, (Ireland). Thesis: Struggle for Education among the Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh.
  • 2004 (exam held in 2008)– Master’s Degree in Social Sciences (Sociology), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Thesis: cultural capital and School Success: A study on grade -XI students from Sylhet City, Bangladesh.
  • 2003 (exam held in 2006) – Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science (Sociology), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Sociology of Labour, Industrial relations, Sociology of Migration and Refugees, and Sociology of Education

Previous Research Project

  • 2019-2020 SUST Research Grant for the project “Capability development through education: A study in ethnic communities of Sylhet region” (worked as Co investigator).
  • 2018-2019 SUST Research Grant for the project “The socioeconomic factors influencing attitude towards Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh”, (worked as a Principle Investigator)
  • 2017-218 SUST Research Grant for the project “Male Students Perception towards female labor force Participation: A Survey among Two University Students of Sylhet City, Bangladesh” (worked as a Principle Investigator)
  • 2016-2017 SUST Research Grant for the Project “Institutional Constraints to Fishers' Resilience: Community Based Fishery Management in Bangladesh,(worked as Co investigator)
  • 2020-2021 SUST Research Grant for the project COVID-19 and Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Exploring the Risks, Vulnerabilities, Preparedness, and Challenges

Journal Publish

  • 1. A qualitative exploration of purchasing, stockpiling, and use of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban city of Bangladesh
  • 2. “Piramidi razziali”
  • 3. Bangladeshi Migrant Shipbuilders in Italy: Rethinking Precarity and their livelihood [Book Chapter] in Social Transformation in Bangladesh Pathways, Challenges and the Way Forward Edited By Shahidur Rahman, Md. Masud-All-Kamal
  • 4. Fincantieri: lavoro migrante precario e appalti nella grande industria di Stato
  • 5. Stuck and exploited: refugees and asylum seekers in Italy between exclusion, discrimination, and struggles, (BOOK review))
  • 6. SHATTERED DREAMS AND THE RETURN HOME: BANGLADESHI MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COUNTRIES DURING COVID-19
  • 7. The outbreak of COVID-19, response, and the vulnerabilities of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
  • 8. Institutional Constraints to Fishers' Resilience: Community Based Fishery Management in Bangladesh
  • 9. CULTURAL CAPITAL AND SCHOOL SUCCESS: A STUDY ON STUDENTS OF CLASS-XI IN SYLHET CITY CORPORATION, BANGLADESH. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, vol.10, no.1:87-104, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12959/issn.1855-0541.IIASS-2017-no1-art4

External Affiliations

  • Life time member, Sociology Alumni Association SUST
  • Elected Academic Council Member, SUST 2012-2016
  • Elected Join secretary SUST Teachers Association 2015
  • Secretary in Charge SUST Teachers Association 2015 (Jun-Nov)
  • Member, the University of Padova Alumni Association, Italy

Awards & Recognition

  • April 2023- 30 June 2023: Visiting Scholar, Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation/the Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ), The University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, supervisor: Dr. Karen Jaehrling; Head of the research department for 'Precarization, regulation, work quality'; IAQ, Forsthausweg 2 47057 Duisburg, LE 531A phone +49 203 37 92635: Email: karen.jaehrling@uni-due.de, https://www.uni-due.de/iaq/
  • Oct 2020- Dec 2023: Received ‘Padova University Fieldwork Grant’ for conducting Ph.D. fieldwork
  • Italian doctoral scholarship at the University of Padova (October 2020- December 2023)
  • Erasmus Mundus Category A scholarship for pursuing European Master in International Migration and Social Cohesion (September 2013- June 2015)
  • Shahjalal University Merit Scholarship for Bachelors from 2000-2003 and for Master Degree-2003-2004
  • Full scholarship to attend Young South Asia Scholars Meet (Y-SASM),15-17th June, 2018; Zurich, Switzerland.

Conference

  • 1. “Living like “Murghi”: Bangladeshi workers' accommodation experience in Monfalcone and Marghera, Italy, 3rd-5th April 2024; 42nd International Labour Process Conference (ILPC),The University of Gottingen, Germany.
  • 2. “Beyond shipyard’s gates. The role of social reproduction and local politics in defining workplace power relations”2. 12th - 14th April 2023; 41th International Labour Process Conference (ILPC), the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. The UK
  • 3. Labour Control Regime through Job contracts, Intermittent unemployment, and social reproduction among the Bangladeshi workers in Fincantieri, Italy. 20-23 April 2022; 40th International Labour Process conference, The university of Padova.Italy
  • 4. Exploring the Vulnerabilities of Rohingya Refugee Women living in Bangladesh, 17th-20th September 2019 in the 25th Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference, the Department of Social Work, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India.
  • 5. Claiming Rights to Education: A Study on Rohingya Refugees from Burma living in Bangladesh, Young South Asia Scholars Meet (Y-SASM),15-17th June, 2018; Zurich, Switzerland

Teaching

  • Introduction to Sociology, Issues and Methods of Social Research, Qualitative Analysis of Social Data, Industrial Sociology, Social Inequality, Social Demography, Theories of Development and Underdevelopment, Discourses of Development, Theory Construction,

Graduate Supervision

  • Sithi Sarkar (2019-2020)Everyday experience of the infertile women and management of stigma